Because Iran's oil fields are very close to Kuwait. And the Iranians are convinced we and the British are up to something in the restive province:
A top Iranian commander accused U.S. and British intelligence agents of fomenting unrest in southwestern Iran and threatened to respond with missiles if attacked.
Iran's improved version of the Shahab-3 missile can strike more than 1,300 miles from their launch site, putting Israel and U.S. forces in the Middle East in easy range.
Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, the chief of the Revolutionary Guards, said the United States and Britain were behind bombings Jan 21 that killed at least nine people in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, near the southern border with Iraq where 8,500 British soldiers are based.
"Foreign forces based in Iraq, especially southern Iraq, direct Iranian agents and give them bomb materials," he said in remarks carried by state-run television.
"We have no intention to invade any country. We will take effective defense measures if attacked," he said. "These missiles are in the possession of the Guards."
We very well could be having a look around in Khuzestan. And chatting with Iranian Arabs unhappy with mullah mis-rule.
Having troops able to seize these oil fields would help a Western blockade of Iran a great deal.
And the Iranian threat to use their missiles if attacked argues for a more robust strike campaign than just hitting Iran's nuclear facilities, in conjunction with this blockade operation .
Just wondering. About a couple things, I guess.
